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August 2011
Howl's Moving Castle on Blu-ray!


Howl's Moving Castle on Blu-ray!

Howl's Moving Castle is now available on Blu-ray format! The theatrical anime was directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animation directed by Akihiko Yamashita, music composed by Joe Hisaishi, voice actor with the popular by Takuya Kimura and story originally from the novel of Diana Wynne Jones! Hayao Miyazaki went to Alsace (France) to get inspired for the background! Blu-ray comes many foreign languages (English, French, German etc), with picture disc and special package.

Plot: A plain young hatter named Sophie has her life changed when an evil witch transforms her into an old woman. Unable to face her family in such a condition, Sophie runs away in search of a way to become young again. Along the way, Sophie helps a turnip headed scarecrow, who repays her by leading her to the moving castle owned by the dreaded wizard Howl. There she befriends Howl's apprentice Markl, Howl's fire demon Calcifer, and eventually, Howl himself. Sophie then becomes the castle's cleaning lady in an effort to not only find the solution to her problem but to save Howl from his own terrible secrets as well.

Howl's Moving Castle is not the only theatrical anime newly released on Blu-ray, Tales from Earthsea and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea too!